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LOT 1262
Panel Scene Engraved and Inlaid Wheellock
Sporting Rifle by Johann Georg Dax of
Munich - NSN, 54 cal., 32 3/4 inch octagon bbl.,
bright finish, walnut stock. This rifle is signed
“JOHANN*GEORG*DAX*IN*MUNCHEN” on the barrel and
similarly on the lock and features beautiful engraving. Dax
worked in Munich c. 1714-1743 and is noted as having
Court Engraver Johann Christoph Stengl work on many
of his fine arms (see p. 276 of “Der Neue Stockel” by Herr).
The swamped octagonal barrel has seven-groove rifling,
a dovetailed brass blade front sight surrounded by scroll
engraving, a dovetailed three-leaf rear sight with engraved
foliate finial, a hunter accompanied by his hounds and
shot game on the breech end along with scrollwork
and a sunken gold lined “-I.G.-/-DAX-” maker’s mark, and
“2” engraved among the scrollwork on the tang
indicating the rifle was part of a pair. The flat
lockplate has an internal wheel leaving a
large open surface for engraving and
displays detailed scenes of falconry.
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